Deconstructing and Reconstructing Cinderella: Theoretical Defense of Critical Literacy for Young Children
Early childhood education pedagogy needs to consider the potential role of critical literacy in preparing children to meet the ever changing and unprecedented pace of change in the literate world Media, technological, interactive, and corporate-constructed texts are fast becoming part of children’s...
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Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada
2011-01-01
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| description | Early childhood education pedagogy needs to consider the potential role of critical literacy in preparing children to meet the ever changing and unprecedented pace of change in the literate world Media, technological, interactive, and corporate-constructed texts are fast becoming part of children’s everyday experience within industrialized nations. Like many other classic literary fictional characters (e.g., Pippi Longstocking, Paddington Bear, Winnie the Pooh, and Babar), Cinderella is no longer confined to the pages of a book. Cinderella’s image and persona appear in a multitude of texts, including, video, posters, clothing, toys, websites, and assorted paraphernalia, that children are repeatedly exposed to. Critical literacy can provide new and varied ‘lenses’ to understand experiences, explore multiple viewpoints, and uncover the influence of socio-political and power relationships in shaping perceptions and actions (Bainbridge, Malicky, & Payne, 2004). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-edf215f508944599901112ed92ef54a12022-12-22T02:05:04ZengLanguage and Literacy Researchers of CanadaLanguage and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal1496-09742011-01-0110210.20360/G210159777Deconstructing and Reconstructing Cinderella: Theoretical Defense of Critical Literacy for Young ChildrenDebbie Harwood0University of VictoriaEarly childhood education pedagogy needs to consider the potential role of critical literacy in preparing children to meet the ever changing and unprecedented pace of change in the literate world Media, technological, interactive, and corporate-constructed texts are fast becoming part of children’s everyday experience within industrialized nations. Like many other classic literary fictional characters (e.g., Pippi Longstocking, Paddington Bear, Winnie the Pooh, and Babar), Cinderella is no longer confined to the pages of a book. Cinderella’s image and persona appear in a multitude of texts, including, video, posters, clothing, toys, websites, and assorted paraphernalia, that children are repeatedly exposed to. Critical literacy can provide new and varied ‘lenses’ to understand experiences, explore multiple viewpoints, and uncover the influence of socio-political and power relationships in shaping perceptions and actions (Bainbridge, Malicky, & Payne, 2004).https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/article/view/9777critical literacycinderellaearly childhood educationmedia |
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| title | Deconstructing and Reconstructing Cinderella: Theoretical Defense of Critical Literacy for Young Children |
| title_full | Deconstructing and Reconstructing Cinderella: Theoretical Defense of Critical Literacy for Young Children |
| title_fullStr | Deconstructing and Reconstructing Cinderella: Theoretical Defense of Critical Literacy for Young Children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Deconstructing and Reconstructing Cinderella: Theoretical Defense of Critical Literacy for Young Children |
| title_short | Deconstructing and Reconstructing Cinderella: Theoretical Defense of Critical Literacy for Young Children |
| title_sort | deconstructing and reconstructing cinderella theoretical defense of critical literacy for young children |
| topic | critical literacy cinderella early childhood education media |
| url | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/article/view/9777 |
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